Gas Rates and Doherty Charge Scrutiny in Topeka Visit
Fred Kenner reports on Kansas gas pricing as the state corporation commission visits Topeka. The Atchison general rate is 80 cents per 1000 cubic feet plus a 50 cent monthly service charge, with a tiered heating rate. The piece compares costs, supply history, and argues for lower consumer prices near 50 cents to distribution costs around 25 cents.
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Kenner
State Corporation Commission
Topeka
Atchison
Kansas Cities
Texas Panhandle
Kansas League of Municipalities
Kansas City
Lawrence
Leavenworth
Parsons
Pittsburg
Fort Scott
Wellington
Iola
Kansas
Wallington
Wichita
Doherty
Public Service Commission
Rural School Graduates Lead Atchison County Honors
Eunice Nielson of Union No 3 tops 135 rural graduates with 97.611 percent in Atchison County. Ethel Weekly of Huron district 43 scores 96.111 percent with Lorenne Buddenbohm close at 96. Miss Weekly’s and Miss Nielson’s records praised by County Superintendent Mrs. Gladys Miller Winger. George Richard Scholz of High Prairie completes eight years with perfect attendance, a notable county record.
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Eunice Nielson
Union School No
Atchison County
Gladys Miller Winger
Miss Nielson
Ethel Weekly
Huron
Miss Weekly
Lorene Buddenbohm
Margaret Bewley
Ervin Langan
Union Three
Rose Marie Schletzbaum
Ray Smith
Juanita Smith
Dorothy Hendrikson
Arthur Armstrong
Janice Amend
Ernest Schaefer
Winter
Althea Flynn
Nielson
George Richard Scholz
High Prairie
George Richard
Atchison Daily Notes Wide Range of Local Happenings
Local items report population change in Concordia, sports and theatre notes, school graduations, hospital visits, and community events. Mentions Topeka dam debate, Shabuoth festival facts, and several residents’ activities including visits, moves, and illnesses.
Death Claims G C Von Neida Atchison Leader 55
G C Von Neida 55 longtime Atchison Y M C A general secretary and prominent church and boys work figure died at home 315 Riley street after ill health since December 30. Born October 17 1877 in Woodward Pa he led boys work since 1906 in Buffalo Reading Philadelphia St Joseph and Atchison where he organized Boy Scouts Troop No 90. Funeral at Baptist church with several ministers and Kiwanis members attending.
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G. C. von Neida
Atchison Y. M. C. A
Atchison Church
Riley Street
von Nelda
George Chester von Neida
Woodward
Buffalo, N
Reading
Buffalo
Ansonia
The
Baptist Church
St. Joseph
Atchison
von Neida
J. A. SanDeFur
Atchison Ministerial Association
Week Day
Atchison Kiwanis Club
Boyd von Neida
Hershey
Mabel Heffelfinger
Alma von Neida
W. R. McCormack
M. J. Steinmetz
Washington Masonic Lodge
Mt. Vernon
Kiwanis Club
Y. M. C. A. Board
Community Chatter Sours Over Proposals and Pessimism
A 1933 newspaper column quotes varied reader opinions on public works and politics. It critiques large lake plans near Topeka, praises Western Kansas rainfall development, mocks editorials, and jokes about Labrador sales while noting President Roosevelt inaction and Kansas real estate optimism.
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Topeka
Kansas
Atchison Life Bustles With News and Local Vignettes
A patchwork of musing items and notes from Atchison covers praise for a crusading preacher, small town anecdotes, engagements, social events, school notices, and a burglary report. Names, places, and dates reflect a bustling community page.
Waltman 75 dies in Lancaster after illness
J A Waltman age 75 of Lancaster died at 3 this morning after a month long heart trouble. Born in Jacksonville Illinois in 1858 he moved to Kansas in 1894 to farm. He married Ollie Crawley in 1898. Survived by widow three stepsons and siblings in Illinois. Funeral at Lancaster M E church with burial in Lancaster cemetery. Lawin Douglass in charge.
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J. A. Waltman
Lancaster
Lancaster M. E
J. H. Beadle
J. J. Wilson
Lancaster Cemetery
Lawin & Douglass
Mr. Waltman
Sam Crawley
Kansas City
James Crawley
Effingham
John Crawley
Illinois
Frank Wilson
Will Manson
Guy Chain
Everett Shufflebarger
Arthur Adcock
George Myer
Doniphan County Pioneer Thomas Brazzel Dies at 97
Thomas Brazzel 97, a longtime Purcell resident and pioneer of Doniphan County, died at home after a weeklong illness. Born November 7, 1835 in Ireland, he came to the United States in 1865 and Doniphan County in 1869. Funeral at St. Mary's Purcell with burial in church cemetery. rosary tonight at his residence. He married Mary Agnes Whelan in 1867. survived by three sons and two daughters.
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Doniphan County
Thomas Brazzel
Purcell
Brazzel
St. Mary’s Church
Cyril Bayer
Waterford
Ireland
United States
Mary Agnes Whelan
Chicago
St. Mary’s Parish
R. W
M. A
J. P. Brazzel
Josie Brazzel
Elizabeth Brazzel Mitchell
Los Angeles
John Brazzel
Talbert Dies At 73 Stockman and Former County Commissioner
George H. Talbert, 73, a stockman from Atchison county and former county commissioner, died at his Muscotah area home after a six month illness. Born April 10, 1860 in Wythe County Virginia he moved to Kansas in 1885 and served as county commissioner from 1909. He is survived by his widow two sons a daughter and four grandchildren.
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Jim Doyle
Missouri Pacific Hospital
St Louis
Earl Barrett
Minneapolis
Earl
Pat
Atchison
Chicago
B. D. Zimmerman
George Intfen
Intfen
George H. Talbert
Atchison County
Muscotah
California
Leslie Hubbard
Harcuff & Buls Ts
Mr. Talbert
Wythe County
Virginia
Atlanta
Knoxville
Tenn
C. C. Talbert
Sacramento
Calif
Mrs. Lloyd Trial
Local notes on residents and travels in Atchison area
Miss Maurine Haverty resumes studies at Mt St Scholastica College after illness. Artist Bobby Stafford of 719 Santa Fe is the colored sketch creator in Fulton’s windows. Floyd Kender of Muscotah is at liberty on bond and to be tried in September on a statutory charge. Miss Elizabeth Costello, daughter of Mr and Mrs Art Costello, has suffered illness including appendicitis. The Mike Wagners report snow in Albuquerque. they and their daughter Elizabeth and Charles Farrell of Nortonville are bound for Los Angeles, having left Atchison last week.
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Atchison High School
Margaret Stankel
Miss Margaret Widick
Miss Widick
Miss Helen
Margaret
Mary Schoenfeldt
Agnes Ward
Elizabeth Barker
Ruth Baudenhausen
Gladys Meyer
Arline Pike
Clara Margaret Walz
Rosemary Tate
Dorothy Jane Tate
Ruth Gray
Fredia Thomsson
Mildred Ward
Lois Jones
Margaret Moppin
Betty Moses
Betty Townsend
Betty Strayer
Gladys Shockey
Ruth Deyhile
Rose Marie Dierking
Verna Britt
Joanne Voigt
Edith Mae Ingerson
Raynette Loftin
Ruth Depie
Beulah Poole
Myrtle Shockey
Hazel Atherton
Betty Muchnic
Mary Schurman
Kathleen Gunn
Delores Holman
Erma Wade
Zeneta Chew
Evelyn Lyon
Lois Worrell
Francis Johannes
Leavenworth
St. Benedict's Abbey
Kevin Carr
Newark N. J
Congregation For the Affairs of Religious
Father Boniface Moll
St. Anthony's High School
Okmulgee
Okla
St. Anthony’s Church
Anthony Reiman
Newton
Kas
St. Benedict’s College
William Maat
Egbert Hall
St. Benedicts College
Florence Fox
Jerome K. Pillow
Presidio
A. E. Mize
Wheeler Barlow
J. M. Challiss
A. E. Lukens
Carl G. Briner
Zurich
Switzerland
R. W. Ramsay
Edward Jackson
Ness City
W. A. Jackson
Weingart
Commercial Street
George Johnson
Leonard Weingart
Maurine Haverty
Mt. St. Scholastica’s College
Bobby Stafford
Santa Fe Street
Fulton
Floyd Kender
Muscotah
Liberty
Bond
Elizabeth Costello
Art Costello
Mike Wagners
Atchison
Albuquerque
N. M
Wagners
Elizabeth
Charles Farrell
Nortonville
Los Angeles
Renovizing Idea Pushed by Solicitors in Atthison District
Scores of solicitors canvass the Atthison district this week gathering filled questionnaires from residents. The form asks for six month improvement plans in carpentry, plumbing, roofing and more, with confidential filing at the Chamber of Commerce.
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Atthison
Chamber of Commerce
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Truitt
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